Fam. Code, § 1818 · Chapter 2. Family Conciliation Courts
Fam. Code, § 1818
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) All superior court hearings or conferences in proceedings under this part shall be held in private and the court shall exclude all persons except the officers of the court, the parties, their counsel, and witnesses. The court shall not allow ex parte communications, except as authorized by Section 216. All communications, verbal or written, from parties to the judge, commissioner, or counselor in a proceeding under this part shall be deemed to be official information within the meaning of Section 1040 of the Evidence Code.
(b) The files of the family conciliation court shall be closed. The petition, supporting affidavit, conciliation agreement, and any court order made in the matter may be opened to inspection by a party or the party’s counsel upon the written authority of the judge of the family conciliation court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 489, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.
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California Rules of Court
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.550Sealed recordsPrinted as Family Code, § 1818(b)
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.45General provisionsPrinted as Fam. Code, § 1818(b)
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.120Record on appealPrinted as Fam. Code, § 1818
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.486PetitionsPrinted as Fam. Code, § 1818
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.487Opposition and amicus curiae briefsPrinted as Fam. Code, § 1818
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